Good
Morning, Crafty Friends!
I'm
super excited to share my first make as a DT member for
Here's
my tutorial on using these fun stamps and vibrant colors on a journal
page.
Start
by blending Dylusions Paints in Grape Crush and Lemon Zest onto the
Large Dylusions Creative Journal page using the Mini Ink Blending
Tool. Quick Tip: I find by drying in between layers/colors- either by
air-drying or using a heat tool- you get a smoother transition into
blending the colors.
Use
your fingers to finishing blending the Dylusions paints once you have
the color base down that your happy with.
Using
the Mini Ink Blending tool, apply the Cherry Pie Dylusions Paint onto
the Teardrops In The Round Joggles Foam Stamp and stamp onto a spare
sheet from the Journal Page. Fussy cut around it leaving a slight
border and set this aside. The great thing with Dylusions Paints, is
they dry quickly.
I
love using stencils for added texture in the background of my journal
pages. Using the Mini Blending Tool, apply the Honey Gold Tim Holtz Mini Distress Ink through the Dina Wakely "Essentials" Stencil in random spots around the journal page. Be sure to let this dry before going to the next step or your
ink may smear.
Again,
using the Mini Blending Tool, apply the Crushed Grape and Squeezed
Orange Dylusions Paints onto the Wonky Layered Circles Small Joggles
Foam Stamp and stamp towards the bottom have of the journal page- I
stamped it twice. Quick Tip: I use different Ranger Inkssentials Mini
Ink Blending Replacement Foams for each paint color along with
several of the Mini Ink Blending Tools so you are not constantly
switching the foam pads and there is no cross contamination in your
paint containers.
Now,
apply Postbox Red Dylusions Paint onto the Wonky Layered Ovals Small
Joggles Foam Stamp and stamp it twice onto the journal page- just a
little lower than where the Wonky Layered Circles was stamped in the
previous step.
Grab
the cutout of the Teardrops In The Round Joggles Foam Stamp that we
cutout in step 3 and glue it onto the center of your journal page
using Golden Matte Medium. I placed mine higher than the previous
stamps used, as it is larger and I wanted that to be my focal point.
Using
the Deep Purple Archival Ink with the Wonky Striped Border Joggles
Foam Stamp, stamp a border all along the edges of your journal page.
Again, let this dry to prevent smearing.
Now
to turn our stamped shapes into flowers! Using a pencil, sketch in
some stems for the “flowers” then color the stems in using the
Chrome Green PITT Brush Pen.
I
decided my background needed a little more texture. So using the
Bubbles Joggles Foam Stamp and Magenta Hue Archival Ink, stamp only a
portion of the Bubbles image onto random spots of your page, by
curling the foam stamp when pressing down for the impression. These
foam stamps are very flexible and are great for stamping only a
portion of the image.
Using
the Leaf Green Archival Ink and Dotted Leaf Small Joggles Foam Stamp,
stamp leaves onto the stem of the Teardrops In The Round “flower”.
Use
the Uni Ball Signo White Pen to highlight/doodle on your “flowers”.
To
lend a more whimsical feel to my page, I did a Bokeh Effect Technique
using a homemade stencil- which is a piece of acetate with different
sized die cut circles- but any stencil with different sized shapes on
it will work. Using a make-up foam pad and the Frost White ColorBox
Cat Eyes Ink, ink your circles thru the stencil onto your page and
layer throughout without re-inking your foam pad. This gives the
effect of the bubbles being close-up or further in the distance.
Once
the bubbles are dry, highlight them with Gelatos, by blending only a
side of the bubble. I used Coconut, Snow Cone, Gold and Watermelon
Gelatos.
Use
the watercolor pencils in Purple and Grey to highlight the bubbles
that overlap each other, by blending the lines with your finger. This
gives the overlapping bubbles dimension.
Color
portions of the Wonky Striped Border with the Faber Castell Stamper's
Big White Pen, to add some more color contrast and dimension to your
border.
Print
the computer generated word “Bloom” onto some white printer paper
and trim around the word with a Mini Paper Trimmer. Then mat it onto
black cardstock with the Zig 2 Way glue. Quick Tip: By matting your
phrases/sentiments onto some black cardstock, it allows the word to
stand out against our vibrant and busy background.
The
final step to the journal page is adding some Golden Matte Medium in
the center of the Teardrops In The Round “flower” and sprinkling
with the Recollections Glass Beads. This just gives some fun and
pretty dimension to your focal “flower”.
And we are done. :o)
Here's the supplies I used:
ColorBox
Cat Eyes- Frost White
Faber
Castell Stamper's Big White Pen
Faber
Castell Gelato's: Coconut, Snow Cone, Gold and Watermelon
Karat
Aquarell 125 Professional Watercolour Pencils: Grey and Purple
Recollections
Glass Beads
Golden
Matte Medium
Zig
2 Way Glue Pen
Scissors
Paper
Trimmer
I
sure hope I've inspired you to not be afraid to use color and some
fun ways to use these fun Joggles Foam Stamps in your art projects.
